Ping-Pong (rocket)

Ping-Pong
TypeReconnaissance missile
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used byUnited States Army
Production history
DesignerLockheed Missiles and Space Company
Designed1964
Specifications
WarheadCameras

EngineRocket
PropellantSolid fuel
Guidance
system
Ballistic

Ping-Pong was a battlefield reconnaissance rocket developed by Lockheed-California – later the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company – for use by the United States Army. Intended to give battlefield commanders the ability to gain photographic data on enemy locations, it reached the flight-test stage before being cancelled.